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Pros: What an original setting for a zombie book! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Deborah Sheldon’s Body Farm Z takes place at a body farm in Australia–a place where scientists study how cadavers rot and decay under various…

Pros: I like the variation in virus mutation; I also like one of the two PoV characters Cons: Weird setup Rating: 2 out of 5 Silas Jackson and J.R. Traas’s Bag Men is a zombie apocalypse novel that is kinda-sorta…

Pros: Fantastic worldbuilding and wonderful characters! Cons: I need to understand more about the machines Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Hayley Stone’s Machinations brings us into the world of a robot apocalypse. While there are traces of the Terminator story…

Pros: Very short entry in the series Cons: Not all that much to it. Rating: 3 out of 5 K.R. Griffiths’ Shock (Wildfire Chronicles Vol. 2), also available bundled in the Wildfire Chronicles: Volumes 1-4, continues our story from part…

Pros: A few details Cons: So much badness Rating: 1.5 out of 5 I’m a sucker. Bio-thriller happens to be one of my favorite sub-genres, and I also find the prepper phenomenon fascinating. So even though I didn’t enjoy much…

Pros: Lots of explosions; cancer cure angle; plenty of action Cons: Zombies start out interesting then turn into standard fare Rating: 3 out of 5 The Apocalypse Crusade War of the Undead Day One: A Zombie Tale by Peter Meredith…

Pros: An enjoyable outbreak/not-quite-zombie tale Cons: Couldn’t get into the characters for some time Rating: 3 out of 5 In Jessica Meigs’s “The Becoming” series, a plague escaped from Atlanta. While it kills and brings back the dead–i.e., zombies–these zombies…

Pros: An enjoyable outbreak/not-quite-zombie tale Cons: One or two rough spots Rating: 3.5 out of 5 The Becoming (The Becoming Series Book 1) isn’t quite a zombie tale. But let’s back up for a moment. A plague has gotten loose…